I’ll be attending three Cons this summer: SchlossCon2 (Annual Meeting of the Science Fiction Club Deutschland) in Schwerin, 11-13 July LonCon3 (72nd World Science Fiction Convention) in London, 14-18 AugustShamrokon (Eurocon 2014) in Dublin, 22-24 August SchlossCon2: The schedule is on the Schlosscon2 website. There will be a Kaffeeklatsch on Saturday morning (11:00) and a popular science presentation (from my better half with only a little help from me) later that day (15:30) LonCon3: Program is online. I’ll be on with Scientists Without Borders, Thursday (13:30-15:00) and Sulky Giant Robots, Sunday (18:00-19:00) Shamrokon: Program to be announced. Shamrokon is still putting… Read More
Í am deeply honored that Priya Sharma has asked me to take the Three Things blog hop a step further. We’re supposed to talk about three things we don’t write about and then three things we write about. Please read Priya’s eloquent answers to these questions and then run very fast to read all of her short stories you can find. It’s not hard. Here are three of her stories to read online. Rag and Bone PearlsLebkuchen She’s awesome and so are her stories. So here’s my take on three things. Three things I don’t write about I don’t have… Read More
I apologize for not being conscientious about posting. I’ve had a health issue I’m still dealing with. But as soon as I can, I’ll be posting new content: Shadow Zone – Book 4 of the Schattenreich. Details and excerpt coming soon New short fiction! Schattenreich mythology: Melusine versus Cathubodua Recipes from the Schattenreich: White Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce Thanks for tuning in!
Rolled Pork Roast with Bread Stuffing Book 2 of the Schattenreich In Shaky Ground*, Sebastian von der Lahn prepares a rolled pork roast that he serves to Caitie and his sister, Bertha von der Lahn. I wanted to reproduce his culinary accomplishment which entailed making the stuffing and rolling the pork roast. In Germany, the rolled roasts are usually ready-made and available at the supermarket butcher counter (or at the butcher’s) and usually come with a filling of onions and speck or sauerkraut. So doing the whole thing from scratch was somewhat of a challenge. *(also available at Kobo and… Read More
The following interview was posted on the magazine Underground Book Reviews on February 26, 2014. I’m including it here, but encourage you to visit their site as there are many great interviews and indie book reviews. It’s a classy site! Richard E.D. Jones also reviewed Primary Fault for the magazine. Not greatly into the cult of self, it was a fantastically fun interview and some of the answers might be of interest to readers of the Schattenreich series, so I wanted to repost it here. Since Richard did me a great favor by reading my book, reviewing it and asking… Read More
